Wednesday, 3 March 2010

What a wave can do

Some of you might wonder what all the fuss has been with the 3-foot tsunami waves that "hit" the islands on Saturday. Well, if you aren't careful, there's a one in a million chance it'll take the front off a supertanker and will require its removal from the environment.

Keera - I'd have been happy to remove your first comment completely if you wanted, but don't worry, many people have been fooled by that clip, at least initially! The due are John Clarke and Bryan Dawe who specialise in political satire - and they are *very* good!

Ant - look up Clarke and Dawe on youtube - there's plenty of wonderful stuff out there although I think "The front fell off" is the best one!

This one's good though: Dead whale. I loved the critter to water ratio argument!

LOL! I liked the water ratio thing, too. You know, though, the comment that the whale just died of old age, reminds me that a lot of "sensational" new stories wouldn't be if people stopped to think. I think.

Actually, that looks quite entertaining. The way it's presented, you know what's behind the headlines, unlike Norway's tabloids, which give you a sensational headline of five words or less, and a one sentence follow up (i.e. what would be one headline in the Daily Mail), forcing you to click through to find out what the heck it means.